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I can see you must be concerned about Bella but I have worked out an answer for you below ...

1. This sort of situation is unusual in terms of the chemotherapy waste and so a bit of an unknown quantity in the dog. However I very much doubt if it will do your dog much harm, perhaps a minor transient bout of vomiting or diarrhoea but I would not expect worse than that. So probably you would be taking very little risk in just monitoring your dog for now and then contacting an ER vet in the unlikely event that severe symptoms occur.

2. On the other hand if you want to be 100% sure then one of the best things you can do in this sort of situation is to make your dog sick immediately and try recover any toxic material that way, If you can do this within the first hour after ingestion { Two hours at the absolute outside } then things should be OK where quite a variety of drugs or toxic substances has been swallowed. For the sake of speed I will give you a link on how to do this best : LINK

I hope I have covered your question fully enough but if you would like further clarification or to talk things over a bit more then I will be on-line for the next hour or so and I will be more than pleased to continue working with you.

Regards,

Dr Scott

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